Draymond Green became a national player of the year, an All-American, and so much the heart and soul of Michigan State as a senior that coach Tom Izzo called him the "perfect Spartan."

Now he's a Golden State Warriors draft pick, though he had to wait until the second round to hear his name called.

The Warriors selected Green with the 35th pick of NBA draft on Thursday, sending the 6-foot-7 pride of Saginaw to California.

Green and Izzo both said before the draft that they were hearing he would be snapped up in the first round, but it wasn't to be. Indiana took Duke's Miles Plumlee with the 26th pick, Oklahoma City grabbed Baylor's Perry Jones after he fell to the Thunder, and Golden State used the final pick in the first round on Vanderbilt's Festus Ezeli.

Thus began the fall, as the Warriors after working out Green before the draft used their third pick of the evening on him.

Called "Day Day" by those close to him, Green finished his career as the Spartans' all-time leading rebounder (1,096), second in career blocks (117), second in career steals (180) and tied for the career lead with 145 games played. He joined Greg Kelser and Johnny Green as the only players in Michigan State history to record 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 points in their careers.